INDEX. 



* t * The scie-ttiific na'mes of Cats are printed in Italics. 



AARD-VARK. 



AARD-VARK, 468. 

 Abdominal aorta, 210. 

 cavity, 176. 

 muscles, 141. 

 ring, 141, 143. 

 Abducens, 273. 

 Abductor brevis pollicis, 152. 

 indicia, 162. 



, , minimi digiti (of fore-paw), 1 52. 

 ,, minimi digiti (of hind-paw), 



162. 



,, muscles, 129. 

 Aberrant forms, 490. 

 Absorbent vessels, 217. 

 Absorption, 167. 

 Accessorius, 161. 



Accessory organs of respiration, 222. 

 Acetabulum, 106. 

 Achromatism of eye, 295. 

 Acromial thoracic artery, 209. 

 Acromion, 90. 

 Action of bile, 188. 

 of gastric juice, 180. 

 ,, of pancreatic fluid, 184. 

 of saliva, 174. 

 ,, of spermatozoa, 318. 

 ,, of vibratile cilia, 175. 

 Actions (our unconscious ones), 334. 

 ,, of muscles, 129. 

 of orbital muscles, 294. 

 Active powers of cat, 370. 

 Activity (nervous), 305. 

 Acts (mental), 386. 

 Adductor of thigh, 157. 

 muscles, 129. 

 minimi digiti, 152. 

 Adipose tissue, 17, 18. 

 jElurodon, 437, 502, 513. 

 jEluroidea, 475, 480. 



,, phylogeny of, 513. 

 African cats, 496. 



grey, 407. 



Agreements between muscles of fore and 



hind limbs, 163. 

 Ailuridse, 475. 

 Air (its composition), 221. 

 Air-cells, 225. 



of lungs, 223. 

 Alar ligaments, 54. 

 Alar thoracic artery, 210. 



ANTERIOR. 



Albumen, 12. 



Albuminoid substances, 166. 



Alimentary system, 165. 



canal, origin of, 341. 

 , , processes summarized, 168, 

 Alimentation, 165. 

 Ali-sphenoid, 69. 

 AUantois, 325. 



, question as to its origin, 517. 

 Alligators, 462. 

 Alveolar border, 73. 

 Alveoli, 27. 



of lungs, 223, 225. 

 Amblyctonus, 506. 

 American cats, 495. 

 Amnion, 322. 

 Amoebae, 450, 454. 

 Amceboid movements, 194, 454. 

 Amphiarthroses, 121. 

 Amphicyon, 518. 

 Amphilestes, 504. 

 Amphiorus, 455. 

 Amphistoma truncation, 509. 

 Amphitherium, 504, 

 Amphiuma, 459. 

 Ampullae, 300. 

 Amylaceous substances, 166. 

 Analogies of eye and car, 303. 

 Anapophyses, 39. 

 Anastomoses, 196. 

 Anatomy, 9. 

 Ancestors of cat, 512. 



,, premammalian, 518. 

 Anconeal fossa, 93. 

 Anconeus, 149. 

 Angles of rib, 51, 52. 

 Angora cat, 6. 

 Animal functions, 10. 

 Animals no automata, 383. 



what they are, 445. 

 Ankle-joint, 118. 

 Annelids, 450. 

 Annulus (of fore-paw), 99. 

 Anococcygeus, 144. 

 Anomalurus, 469. 

 Ant-eaters, 468. 

 Antelopes, 467. 

 Anterior commissure, 265. 



,, condyloid foramen, 62. 



crural nerve, 281, 282. 



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